Tickle your taste buds with this scrumptious Chicken dish with melt-in-your-mouth Bitter Gourd, a Winner in the Tasty Healthy Recipes Contest organized by SingHealth sometime ago. Only difference, I cooked it with my new AMC Premium System Multi-talent 20 cm, 2.3 L Pot, in a much shorter time and without any oil!

AMC Premium System offers the finest quality cookware with a lifetime guarantee, which enables healthy cooking especially those with health conditions such as high cholesterol, heart disease and diabetes since less fats, oils and salts are used.

However, when frying food which lack fat or moisture of their own like chicken breast, eggs and fish, you will have to use a little butter or oil, although not as much as you would normally use. ( Source: AMC )

Well, my Bitter Gourd Chicken is already a winner among my family and guests over the years and I hope you will enjoy it as much. I am following my original recipe as close as possible to avoid confusion for non-users of AMC Premium System, making only a slight adjustment. So let's cook it the AMC way!

Remove skin and cut bitter gourd in half. Remove the core by using a spoon to scrap it off.

Cut bitter gourd in thick slices. To reduce the bitterness, soak it in salt water for an hour and drain.

Hook on the Audiotherm, and set the Visiotherm to " steak " window to preheat the pot on high. Audiotherm will beep once the temperature reaches meat window.

Lower the heat and add your chicken into the pot.

Now, set the Audiotherm to " carrot " window. It will tell you when it is time to flip the wings over to the other side. After flipping, set the Audiotherm to vegetable window again and your wings are almost ready. Remove and set aside.

When Audiotherm beeps, throw in the chicken. Mix well and ensure they are evenly coated with the gravy. Set the Audiotherm to " carrot " window + 3 minutes depending on how soft you want your veggies to be.

At the next beep, your Tasty Chicken Wings with Melt-In-Your-Mouth Bitter Gourds are ready to be served!

My Thoughts:

I have a relatively small kitchen, and often got frustrated working within the confined space. The idea of being able to rest the lid of my AMC pot on its handle makes it so convenient. It's definitely an added bonus!

No longer do I need an oven mitt to carry my hot pot with AMC " Stay Cool " Handles. The patented Thermobloc ceramic insert prevents heat being conducted from the body of the unit to the handles during cooking, making it easy for me to hold the handles without the use of oven mitt whenever I want to stir my food or transfer the pot. I am so loving it!

I thought the Visiotherm and Audiotherm devices are rather cool; they remind of the once popular kettle that whistles when the water is boiling. I found it interesting to have the built-in thermometer ( Visiotherm ) on the AMC lid monitor the temperature while cooking and helping to minimize moisture loss at the same time. On the other hand, I have the Audiotherm sending me signals to say what is going on inside the unit and what has to be done by beeping me.

As a newbie, you may find it a bit challenging handling the high-tech gadgets, but fret not cause help is just a phone call away, and thanks to Kay who has made my cooking experience with AMC a delightful one! Practice makes perfect, and you can always register for their on-going cooking classes to learn along the way.

While the conventional method of cooking this Bittergourd Chicken dish takes over an hour for a melt-in your-mouth texture, it took me just 30 minutes using the AMC pot. The colour of the dish also appeared darker than using the traditional method of cooking. It could be due to the fact that only ½ cup of water was used, compared to the usual 2 cups since AMC promotes cooking food without oil and vegetables without water.

This Award-Winning Bitter Gourd Chicken Dish is now Featured on Share Food Singapore! Check out our video tutorial on this recipe!

* Tips: There are some differences between frying, cooking and rapid cooking on gas and induction cookers in comparison to ceramic hobs or cast iron hot plates. The temperature settings above will help you produce the ideal cooking results ( Source: AMC ).

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